Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-19
STOCK AND FARMING.

STOCK AND FARMING.
Solomon Valley Democrat: R. E.
Baldwin has cut, during the past two
years, about 500 locust and black walnut
fence posts on his land from trees
grown by him from the seed, making as
six good solid posts from one walnut
tree u years from the seed, and four
good posts from a locust only z years
old. Who says that timber won't grow
in Kansas?
ScottsviIe Tldependtet: Last Fri
day, Mr. A. Rardin who lives two and
one half miles south Of this place, was
attacked by a bull and tossed twelve feet
in the air and fell on a pile OF rocks.
The conclusion Of the fall knocked him
senseless, and as he did not move for
some time the bull thought his work
accomplished and went away. Mr.. r.
was improving for the first few days, but
later we learn that he is falling, and his
friends fear that he was injured inter
nRly.
Medicine Lodge Cresset: The hand
ful OF energetic citizens who have been
labOring for the introduction of cotton In
this section are meeting with success.
At the meeting held at Jutr McCHn-
less Office last Saturday the attendance
was fair, and as only those were present
who we're interested, it was filed with
good results. Judge McCanless IN plain,
terse language explained the planting,
care required and garnering. His
nrrH - 3
at its close it Was at once decided to put
IN a cotton gin and send for seed. Henry
burst who has been principal in working
up an interest in cotton, departed on
Tuesday for Chatauqua county to secure
seed. The seed VIII be furnished free to
the small farmers who wish to try cot
ton and do not feel like mourning ex-
penses; those wishing to engage ex-
tensively and are able to pay, can Sc
cure seed at frat cost. Already about
200 acres have been contracted for and
there is hardly a doubt but that
the movement viii be successful. Capt.
H. H. Hardy and Henry burst viii put
IN the gin.
Cawker City journal: A few days ago
a red-faced, square-built, hairy Scotch
man came to town and at once began to
look up a suitable farm for a sheep ranch.
Most every man owning a patch Of land
was after the ScOtchmGn, but he was not
quite ready to close bargains. Pending
the sheep ranch investigation he became
solid with TIE ''iger- bucEng," alias,
gambling fraternity Of the town, and not
knowing how to manipulate the picture
cards, he was real clever to the boys
with long necked bottle and a glass
( both of which he carried with him in his
pockets, dishing it up to them on call.
Monday morning something dropped
real hard and the heap sheep-man could
no where be seen Sheriff MeGrath APP
! pAared upon the scene with twelve war
rants for the arrest of twelve men of
! sporting tendencies all OF whom forth
with reported to his honor, Probate
Judge D. P. Walling, to answer to the
! charge Of gambling. The plea Of guilty,
as charged, was entered and as the
| Judge Is strictly a cash man he did an
| exclusive cash business. Six paid each
| IS fine and S12,8O costs; three paid S12
fne each and $3.50 costs; total cash
paid 1872. 20. One committed II the
county jail in default Of payment. The
ScOtchman, who is nothing more nor less
than a noted detective from Kansas City,
did his part we'll while Kelly & Throp, as
city attorneys, did their whole duties, IS
usual
Manhattan Republic: VIM. Marshall
has five acres of alfalfa clover, and the
past season he cut thirty-six tons Of hay
from the five acres. Moving it all three
times and part of it four times. The
reason for not moving the whole piece
the four times was that he saved a part
Of the third cutting for seed and probably
would have saved all the third crop for
seed had not all previous efforts to succeed
In getting it threshed failed. Mr.. Mar
shall thinks there WIS a little more than
two acres that he saved for seed and the
yield was sixteen bushels of nice seed
which is worth ten dollars per bushel,
and every bushel is sold Now TO sum
up little we find a handsome profit of
from those five acres. We have thirty
six tons Of hay, that putting it on basis
Of prairie hay and comparing their rela-
tive values as food for cattle, is worth at
least ten dollars PSF ton which would
make $3.50 for the hay crop, and the SIX
teen bushels OF seed at ten dollars per
bushel is S1eO; total 1920, or little
over 500 per acre. Some Of our neigh
Dor farmers have refrained from sowing
alfalfa on account Of seed being SO cost
". Others because they thought dry
weather would kill out the plant. Some
think If a person were lucky enough 70
raise e crop they could never get the hay
cured ready for stack or barn. Again,
some think the hay cannot be kept
without a barn. Now TO tell Of these we
think We are able to cite cases to prove
such ideas to be erroneous. We must
have more tame grass in order that we
may save from one and One-balf 10 three
months feeding every winter. And the
prudent farmer is beginning TO fully
realize this fact. We would not only be
saving IN the actual cost Of feeding but
our cattle wOuId be more thrifty and
easier kept during the cold months.
A Good Reason.